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Service Number 5343. Killed in Action 7th August 1916. France
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Burns, Ralph Whitely Service Number 5343
Killed in Action 7th August 1916 France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME Burns, Ralph Whitley
SERVICE NO 5343
UNIT 45th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 18 yrs 3 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Katoomba, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Farmhand
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 8 Dec 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Yass, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE Yes- 7 mths Rifle Club Moruya, NSW
NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Marion W Burns, Glen Brae Moruya, NSW/ 1922-PO Box 7 “Yarula” Mangrove Mtn, Gosford
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’9”.Weight-145lbs. Chest-36” Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dk Brown.
RELIGION Methodist
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 7 Aug 1916- France
BURIED
MEDALS British War Medal-36243, Victory Medal-35966. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-315947
DEPENDANTS Widowed Mother
PERSONAL EFFECTS Purse, Scissors, Cigarette case, Fountain Pen (Damaged) 17 coins.
WILL
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3172995